What types of cheese can I give to my child who has milk allergy?

Question

My child is 10 months old & has cow milk allergy. Can I give her some cheese?

Answer 1

There is a soy cheese available in the store.

Answer 2

ask the Dr:can your child have goats milk?

I buy goat cheese, i love it!

also:there are cheeses made from sheep's milk!Very tasty.

of course, if the child cant digest lactose:that's a different story!then, you can buy "cheese" made from soybeans.

Answer 3

It depends on what part of the milk your child is allergic to.  If he/she is allergic to milk protein, then you cannot give cow's milk cheese at all.  True milk allergies are far less common than lactose intolerance, and can be devastating.  If your child has a true milk allergy, you will know it.  He/she will have severe symptoms such as: vomiting, diarrhea, rash or hives, difficulty breathing while lactose intolerance tends to cause gassiness, cramping and colicky behavior.

There is a cheese called chevre.  It is a french goat cheese.  Check your deli.  Many people who are allergic to cow's milk can consume goat's milk products and many people with lactose intolerance can still eat cheese, and sometimes even consume milk in small amounts. Lactose is a milk sugar, and it changes during the cheesemaking process--more so with the harder and longer aged cheeses.  

If lactose is the problem, you could just experiment with very small amounts of what ever cheese or milk product it is that you have on hand.  If the child gets symptoms, then eliminate that product for a while.  Wait at least three days to try another new food.  If the child does get colicky or have gas, go to your local drug store (even Wal-Mart) and get the generic counterpart to Mylicon.  It is usually called something like "baby gas drops", and the active ingredient is "simethicone".  It breaks up the large gas bubbles and helps them dissolve into the stomach contents, hence passing out without causing pain.  It is not absorbed, therefore will not harm the child even if you give larger than the recommended dosage.

NOTE:  Raw milk has a small amount of lactase (the enzyme needed to digest lactose, and what is missing in people who are lactose intolerant), so sometimes a person can consume a bit of raw milk when they cannot drink pasteurized milk.  I would not advocate drinking raw milk unless I knew the farmer and had seen with my own eyes that he was meticulously clean in his production and that he monitored his dairy herd carefully for disease.

Answer 4

lactose-tolerant?

try giving him/her soy milk instead